11 high-paying data and database administration jobs
The increasing importance of data management and analytics is driving salaries higher across all industries.
Key personnel managing big data analysis continue to draw big paychecks
Robert Half International has released its 2018 Salary Guide for IT Professionals, which looks at 79 job positions in web development, networking, applications development and more. Here are the expected salaries for data and database professionals, showing four different percentiles in the salary ranges for each.
Big data engineer
25th percentile salary = $126,250
50th percentile salary = $150,000
75th percentile salary = $180,000
95th percentile salary = $212,500
Data architect
25th percentile salary = $110,000
50th percentile salary = $130,000
75th percentile salary = $156,000
95th percentile salary = $184,000
Database manager
25th percentile salary = $107,000
50th percentile salary = $127,000
75th percentile salary = $152,250
95th percentile salary = $180,000
Business intelligence analyst
25th percentile salary = $83,750
50th percentile salary = $104,000
75th percentile salary = $130,250
95th percentile salary = $175,750
Data scientist
25th percentile salary = $100,000
50th percentile salary = $119,000
75th percentile salary = $142,750
95th percentile salary = $168,000
Database developer
25th percentile salary = $97,750
50th percentile salary = $116,000
75th percentile salary = $139,000
95th percentile salary = $164,500
Data modeler
25th percentile salary = $77,750
50th percentile salary = $96,250
75th percentile salary = $120,500
95th percentile salary = $162,500
Data warehouse analyst
25th percentile salary = $75,250
50th percentile salary = $93,500
75th percentile salary = $117,000
95th percentile salary = $158,000
Database administrator
25th percentile salary = $75,750
50th percentile salary = $95,000
75th percentile salary = $114,500
95th percentile salary = $156,000
Data analyst/report writer
25th percentile salary = $81,000
50th percentile salary = $96,000
75th percentile salary = $115,000
95th percentile salary = $136,000
Data reporting analyst
25th percentile salary = $58,000
50th percentile salary = $73,000
75th percentile salary = $90,000
95th percentile salary = $108,000